Flemish channels find their swing 

Flemish Waterways, Port of Antwerp, Port of Ostend, Port of Zeebrugge and North Sea Port as well as the Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services and the Common Nautical Management (CNM) have joined forces to introduce the innovative reporting platform SWING (Single Window for... more
Work starts on pier extension in Koper 

Construction work for the extension of the southern part of pier I in the Slovenian port of Koper has begun. The quayside is expected to be completed in March 2021; it will bring the quay to a length of 695 m. The first phase of the project consists of a 34-m-wide quayside... more
EUR 1 million investment in Dortmund 

The Dortmunder Eisenbahn, a company belonging to Captrain Deutschland and the Dortmunder Hafen, has opened a new building with changing and washing rooms and social areas. The “Waschkaue” or washing facility has space for more than 130 employees. It is also open to the staff of... more
Far-reaching newcomer from Moldova 

7 August was a historic day for Aerotranscargo, as its Boeing B747-400ER-JAI landed in Australia for the first time. Brisbane airport guided the aircraft to a nose-in gate of its international terminal. To get a ‘Foreign Air Transport AOC’ and thus be able to operate to... more
Transporting hydrogen better by rail than by lorry 

Hydrogen hauled by rail has less impact on the environment, compared to transporting it by road, and it can also be more easily shipped in larger quantities on the railways, according to the results of a study carried out by the German rail enterprise Deutsche Bahn. Technically... more
WFS again bigger in Brussels 

Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) has invested EUR 100 million in new facilities at Brussels airport, earning the cargo-handler a new five-year contract with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo. The agreement commences this month and sees WFS provide handling solutions for around... more
Kaliningrad to become east-west gateway 

Russian Railways RZD is set to develop a multimodal transport and logistics centre in the Kaliningrad exclave, to increase delivery speeds and reliability and reduce logistics costs for shippers.The export-import hub will see freight shipped both to and from Russia, as well as... more
Pall-Ex acquires Fortec 

The Pall-Ex Group has acquired the Fortec Distribution network (FD) through a new subsidiary, the For-Ex Distribution Network. FD will continue to trade as Fortec Distribution and will operate as a separate pallet network in the UK, even once it becomes part of the Pall-Ex Group... more
Maritime arbitration - a centred business 

London continues to dominate the market for international maritime arbitration, according to an analysis presented by the law firm HFW, accounting for more than 80% of all cases worldwide.London handled 1,737 maritime arbitrations in 2019 – up by 14% on the previous year – which... more
Cargologic Germany replaces managing director 

Cargologic Germany has replaced managing director Johannes Jähn by Dierk Näther. The latter started his career at Leipzig airport, where he became managing director in 2008. After seven years in the post he moved to the Volga-Dnepr group, where he held an executive position in... more